Past scholars

TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST SCHOLARS

Experiences of current Boas Scholars

“I am convinced that my experience at HLS gives me access to any career I may dream of. (…) Even though I am thrilled for now, I do anticipate wanting to change careers in the future and trying my luck…

“Harvard was truly a formative experience. The predominant intellectual atmosphere I found there was one of open-minded liberalism. There was a reverence for the great books tradition, a revelling in the delights of aesthetic experience. The training was rigorous –…

“At Harvard, I learned to appreciate even more than before the level of student participation by writing papers every week and other practical exercises, as well as class presentations. During the first months I found these study methods rather overwhelming,…

“The overriding benefit I drew from my two years at HBS have more to do with leadership training and general management perspectives and analysis than with specific technical courses, and it has been very beneficial to me in my professional…

“Harvard Law School is where one learns to strive for excellence and perfection. I learned so many things which in my later professional life as a lawyer and politician were extremely useful: hard work, careful analysis of a given problem,…

“My LLM-year at the Harvard Law School was a landmark in both my professional and personal life. Professionally, I profited enormously from the academic atmosphere on and around the law school campus. Never before or since have I been taught…

“Harvard didn’t only provide me with excellent teaching. It taught me to enjoy the quest for excellence. Before coming to the Kennedy School, I was of course committed to “doing my best”… But being in such a competitive environment with…

“I was especially struck by the freedom and autonomy given to students to define their own study program, and the possibility to attend courses at other schools of Harvard University and even other universities in the region. The diversity and…

“During my PhD studies, the Frank Boas Scholarship for Graduate Study offered me the possibility for a research stay in the laboratory of Dr. Larry Benowitz at Children’s Hospital at Harvard University. This has been an extraordinary year that I…